134. Auditions & Fittings

The stage of the movie "Gunfire" is the war-torn "jungle war".

In order to protect the security of the country's territory, the troops of the Southwest Military Region were ordered to be the first to go out to fight.

Li Jianping, 31 years old, joined the army at the age of 20 and has served for 11 years and 10 months. With the length of his service, he can be discharged from the army in two months. Unfortunately, in the last time of his discharge, he encountered the outbreak of war.

Li Jianping's unit was ambushed by the enemy during its passage through the dense forest area and suffered heavy losses. The three people in Li Jianping's cooking class were separated from the main force in the chaos. Forced to hide in an enemy country in a village abandoned by the war.

While hiding, the members of the squad deserted, and quarrels and clashes broke out among the three members of the team. However, after all the members of the cooking squad witnessed the slaughter of the captives and the persecution of the captured innocent people by a small group of enemies passing through here, everyone reached a consensus - to annihilate the enemy in front of them, rescue the villagers, and force a breakthrough.

Under the command of Li Jianping, the three adopted a proper strategy, first taking advantage of the night to penetrate the enemy's stronghold, rescue the surviving civilians, and by detonating the bombs prepared in advance, disrupt the situation, and successfully annihilate most of the enemy, but the number of remaining enemies is still several times that of the three. To make matters worse, the three of them were running out of ammunition left, and it was almost impossible to capture the enemy's weapons in the eyes of the remnants of the enemy. Zhang Qingmiao, the youngest in the cooking class who was wounded in the shoulder during the scuffle, saw that he could not do anything, and resolutely rushed out of the bunker with a grenade as bait.

Under Zhang Qingmiao's self-sacrifice and the desperate battle of the other two, the last remnants of the enemy were also annihilated. Li Jianping, who survived, and Lin Guoqing, the deputy squad leader of the cooking squad, were still unable to get in touch with the large army. Forced to flee through the mountains and forests to survive.

After three years of tossing and turning, the two finally settled down in the enemy country. But Li Jianping still cared about his family, and finally decided to cross the border and smuggle back to China.

However, Lin Guoqing, who had already married a wife and had children in the enemy country, rejected Li Jianping's proposal, and Li Jianping had no choice but to go alone.

After going through hardships and obstacles, Li Jianping finally returned to China, but he was caught in the whirlpool of "deserters", and by chance, a villager who was rescued by Li Jianping rushed to testify for Li Jianping.

The content of the movie is not complicated, and the main line of the story revolves around Li Jianping, the leader of the cooking squad who is about to be discharged from the army. And the role that Li Xiang wants to fight for is Zhang Qingmiao, who got lost with Li Jianping and the large army, and finally died heroically in the battle with the enemy.

The director narrowed his eyes slightly, and said in an unhurried tone:

"Before Zhang Qingmiao decided to sacrifice himself, there would be a close-up of the psychological change, and now, the camera is on the ground in front of you, right in front of you, facing your face. You come to show Zhang Qingmiao's psychological state at this time. This script is for you, you can read it, you can prepare it for 5 minutes. ”

For the crew, the content of the script is the best of the best. A very simple reason, if the detailed plot of the entire movie is leaked before the movie is released, the audience's state when watching the movie will be deviated, which will affect the look and feel of the movie. Especially in suspense movies, just imagine that you watched Detective Conan, and before you saw the result, you were "slapped" in the face by your classmates - the murderer was the bearded man! Are you angry and want to hit someone?

In fact, before coming to the interview, Li Xiang had signed a confidentiality agreement with the crew. can't divulge anything about the script he saw, and even if the two parties signed an agreement in black and white, Li Xiang still only had the opportunity to see the script during the interview, or only the script for the role part of him auditioning.

Of course, some celebrities with high coffee positions are of course privileged. For example, actors, actresses, have the confidence to see the script in advance, or even the complete script. On the one hand, their popularity and strength are there, and even the director has to give them a certain amount of respect. On the other hand, these people are all old actors, and they know what to do and what not to do. The credit rating of practitioners for many years is still different from that of Xiaomengxin.

Li Xiang first briefly scanned the background of Zhang Qingmiao's character.

When playing a virtual character, the character's family environment, life background, is very important for a character.

From the perspective of materialism, people will form different living habits and personality characteristics under the influence of the acquired environment. Children of merchant families are generally more extroverted under the influence of their parents; The teacher's children generally do not have too bad academic performance; Children from single-parent families are more likely to develop sensitive personalities than the general population......

In life, every choice and every behavior made by everyone has a reason in the final analysis, and it will never be groundless. For example, Li Jianping was very disgusted with war at the beginning, and a very important reason was that he was about to be discharged from the army in two months, and if the war broke out two months later, he would be able to live a normal life at home without having to face the risk of war.

So what is the role of Zhang Qingmiao?

The characters in the script are summarized like this, Zhang Qingmiao, was born in a family of urban workers. He has an older brother who is two years older than him and a younger sister who is four years younger than him. Because the eldest brother had a good academic performance, he was admitted to university and could not serve in the military. And his academic performance was poor, and he was not admitted to university. In those days, in principle, every family was required to send a man to serve in the military. Zhang Qingmiao also enlisted in the army because of this.

At the time of the outbreak of the war, Zhang Qingmiao had just completed basic queue training and shooting training, and had only been in the cooking class for only a few months, which was in stark contrast to Li Jianping, a veteran who had served for more than 11 years. In other words, Zhang Qingmiao is a recruit, so his actions and expressions must conform to the recruit's pattern.

Of course, such a simple description does not create a complete personality. After all, the screenwriter's energy and time are limited. He can't really set up a character's entire experience from birth to death, except for these simple backstories, the rest of the settings need to be fleshed out by the actors themselves to flesh out the character.

Let's say an actor plays a character who is attentive at the beginning, but who is completely in love with the heroine at the end. Then the actor may assume that his character has been hurt in the past and becomes unconvinced of love, but it is not bad in nature. In this way, the characters are much fuller and more realistic.

After browsing through it, Li Xiang closed the script and closed his eyes and thought about it.

After a moment, Li Xiang opened his eyes and walked to the wall.

"Director Chen, I'm ready."

"Okay, then get ready to go. Listen to me, three, two, one. Begin! ”

The director gave an order, and Li Xiang began to enter the state.

At this time, Zhang Qingmiao was already in a weakened state with a shoulder injury and mild blood loss. So Li Xiang leaned his upper body against the wall, his head slightly lowered, and his left hand tightly grasped the injured part of his right shoulder.

As soon as the so-called connoisseur makes a move, he will know if there is one. When Li Xiang raised his head, the "judges" present lit up at the same time.

It's too true, slightly pale lips and complexion, gasps and beads of sweat that are hard to stop because of nervousness. The fingers of the left hand, which turned white and lost their blood color due to exertion, countless details convey a message to the audience - "a wounded warrior".

Acting like is the most basic requirement for an actor. Obviously, Li Xiang's performance in this regard is commendable and blameless.

Next, Li Xiang gently leaned his head against the wall, tilted his head and closed his eyes tightly, as if he had thought of something, and when his eyes opened again, negative emotions such as nervousness and panic were completely reflected on his face.

Chen Shijing nodded slightly, the students recommended by his teacher, Professor Zheng, are indeed extremely solid in terms of expression and movement.

According to Li Xiang's assumption, at the beginning, Zhang Qingmiao should have been in a trance state due to the massive secretion of pain and adrenaline in a tense state after he had just been shot and injured. After hiding behind the bunker, Zhang Qingmiao realized that his current situation was a state of fear for the rest of his life.

After the above state, Zhang Qingmiao regained his senses. It was at this time that he realized that under the medical conditions at that time, it was unlikely that he would survive from a bullet wound in the shoulder. And at this time, glancing at his comrades who were hiding behind other bunkers, and at the few grenades on his body, he thought of sacrificing himself.

Because his marksmanship was not as good as that of squad leaders Li Jianping and Lin Guoqing, the three of them adjusted their weapons before, Zhang Qingmiao gave part of his bullets to Li Jianping and Lin Guoqing, and they gave Zhang Qingmiao the grenades on their bodies.

This is of course a difficult decision, and it is precisely because survival is the instinct of all living beings that the act of giving up one's own life attracts the attention of others.

Zhang Qingmiao wrapped the grenade's lead together so that he could open all the grenades at once. With an injury to his right shoulder, his right arm was almost numb, and it was difficult to move, and it became difficult for him to tie a simple knot. Zhang Qingmiao bit the rope with his mouth, and his mouth and left hand together, as well as the disobedient right hand assistance, took a long time to finally complete the work.

After getting ready, Zhang Qingmiao was suddenly stunned.

He thought of his family, the blood relatives who loved him the most in the world.

In his left hand, he raised his gun at a very slow pace.

And his expression gradually became firm as the muzzle of the gun was raised.

Firing a gun into the sky, Zhang Qingmiao emptied his last magazine. The gunshots attracted the attention of teammates Li Jianping and Lin Guoqing.

He pointed to the row of grenades around his waist, and it was all silent.

"Good!" Chen Shijing clapped his hands and shouted.

It can be seen that Director Chen is very satisfied with Li Xiang's performance. He asked:

"Li Xiang, your performance is excellent. Next, I need to understand your line skills and read the first line of Zhang Qingmiao in the script I just gave you. ”

Li Xiang cleared his throat and read clearly:

"Squad leader, we've run out of supplies, and now we only have a small packet of biscuits left. I don't have enough bullets, I only have twenty rounds left. ”

"Well, okay. Li Xiang, your audition is now over, please go back and wait for the notice. If passed. Our staff will contact you. ”

"Got it." Li Xiangyan stood up when he heard this, gently patted off the dust on his body because he was sitting on the ground, walked out of the room, and closed the door with his hand.

Although Li Xiang thinks that his performance is good, there are other audition candidates in the future, so it is impossible for the other party to decide that it is him immediately.

However, Li Xiang felt that he had done his best, so he didn't think about it anymore. It's good to wait for the notice with peace of mind, I am fortunate to have it, and I have lost my life.

Li Xiang's mentality is very peaceful, after all, they are all people who have lived two lives, and if they can't see this thing, they will live for so long in vain.

Coming out of the office building, Li Xiang went straight to a nearby shopping mall.

In addition to attending the audition today, he also had to buy a few clothes by the way. Because of his body modification and the fact that he has been exercising during this time, he has recently felt that his previous clothes have become a little out of place.

Now Li Xiang's height has grown from about 1.75 meters to nearly 1.8 meters, and it continues to rise. Fortunately, the three roommates are all men who don't have much heart, and they haven't found out about it yet.

But even if it is discovered, it is nothing, there is a saying called "twenty-three and one run", which means that boys may grow taller by the time they are twenty-three. There are many such examples in life, and they have not yet reached the point of being pulled to the point of slicing and studying.

There are all kinds of clothing stores on the third floor of the mall, and after looking around, Li Xiang finally found a men's clothing store from a large number of women's clothing stores.

As soon as I walked into the store, the clerk greeted me warmly.

"Hello sir, what kind of clothes do you need to see?"

Li Xiang smiled and said:

"I'll just see for myself."

After selecting for a while, Li wanted to find a few casual styles of clothes from the dazzling variety of clothing.

Li Xiang's aesthetic ability to pick clothes has made great progress, thanks to Erina's long-term education.

Thinking of Erina's disgusted look of picking clothes for herself, Li Xiang couldn't help but smile.

"Can I try on these clothes?"

Li Xiang asked the clerk with a few pieces of clothing.

"Of course, sir. The fitting room in our store is at the very back, and the cubicle with the gray curtain is. ”

"Okay, thanks."

After a few minutes, Li Xiang changed his clothes and stood in front of the fitting mirror, carefully looking at his current appearance.

I don't know what the reason is, maybe it's a delusion? Li Xiang always felt that his face had become better recently.

Looking down and thinking about it, Li Xiang turned on his phone and compared his past photos with himself in the mirror. Contrasting results, this does not seem to be an illusion.

"Iriel, do you know what's going on?"

"Answering the host, body modification not only includes physical strength, but also body structure will be optimized to a certain extent. There is a correlation between the aesthetic and physical health of human beings. To put it more simply, the host's body has been optimized to be closer to perfection than before, and the same appearance is closer to perfection. ”

"Hey, does the body makeover come with plastic surgery?"

Li Xiang smiled and sighed, and raised his hand to beckon the clerk: "Hello, I bought these clothes on my body, please help me wrap them, thank you." ”